To hospitals across the country anticipating their final. Now, more on this process. Reporter hey, maria teresa. Good evening to you. We are getting some new information from fedex about kind of their operations from today. What we know is that it is wheels down and then right back up. There are Freight Cargo Airliners right behind us here with the vaccine on, and they were here earlier today. They were able to transfer over into trucks and to other airplanes and go right back up again to other hubs and other routes across the country, like we mentioned some 636 sites total. Now, when it comes to all of this that goes into it, youll see here in this footage provided by fedex, it is a very urgent process but a delicate one. Each box has its own subzero housing to keep the temperature really low. It also has a tracker in it. There is Security Escort provided to these shipments, and of course faa is providing priority to any air flights going out that house the vaccine. And of course this
Next, the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee examines caregiving provisions under the Va Mission Act signed into law on june 2018. Almost two and a half hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses appearing in person and those appearing distantly. We look forward to their testimony to get a better idea of where the department of Veterans Affairs are in administering the missions act. We are also interested in learning more about the caregivers implementation as well. Member of our participating. Be hearing isf todays the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs relating to Veterans Community care programs and the program of comprehensive assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because my dissatisfying dissatisfaction with the implementation of the mission. Department chose to decline the invitation. This committee and the be a share a common goal to pass the mission in 2018 to bett
Under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent engagements with the va officials to discuss title 1 implementation. Id be remiss not to recognize the unprecedented challenges this have year due to the covid19 pandemic. The dedicated staff on the v as front line deserve our thanks for fulfilling the Fourth
Dangerous heatwave continues until next wednesday for inland areas. Heat advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tonight for the bay shoreline. Heat illnesses are possible. The risk is high. Be careful. Live doppler 7 showing you no fog. What we have been dealing with is tropical moisture, which has added to the humidity, and thats made it even more uncomfortable. Ill let you know how long this heatwave will last and whats changing for this weekend, coming right up. Okay, sandhya, thank you. All right there are several Power Outages in the bay area, affecting at least 10,000 customers, including some large ones on the peninsula and the south bay. There are also two large outages in concord and martinez that were affecting 4,000 customers at one point. Power has been restored to some of those people. Now we just got this video our newsroom not long ago, showing a melted mess on Begonia Court in martinez, where one of these large Power Outages is going on. Contra costa fire says a transformer box in f
Electricity use at those critical times that were asking for it, it can prevent more dire emergency measures including those possible power outages. The heat is going to complicate life during the pandemic for the coming week as struggling businesses take yet another hit. Abc7 News Reporter leslie brimpgley is live. So far, sits over one hundred degrees there, leslie. Reporter yeah. It was really hot out here. The breeze has picked up so it is not quite so bad but you have to remember, people are being told to wear a mask outside. To do Curbside Pickup if possible, to dine outdoors. But its really hard with this intense heat. High noon in walnut creek. The lunch rush is not materializing. Normally i come here to get the mail and these tables are full every time around this time. Now we add not only the covid but heat on top of the problems we already had. Yeah. Just another hit these businesses are taking. This sushi restaurant opened in june. Today was supposed to be the first day to